Officers discovered Miller inside a house he co-owned in the 5200 block of Basinview Drive on Friday about 5 p.m. He had been shot several times and was dead on the scene, police said.

According to court records, a witness earlier saw Miller and Thompson get out of a black Nissan Sentra and walk into Miller's home together. About 15 minutes later, the witness heard two or three muffled gunshots, then saw Thompson emerge from the house alone.

Thompson climbed into the Sentra and drove off. No one else had gone in or out of the residence Miller owned in the time Thompson and the victim were alone together, the witness told police.

In 2008, Thompson was charged with one count of simple burglary. He pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of attempted theft in 2009, got two years of probation and was ordered to pay just under $300 in fines and fees, records indicate.

Miller, meanwhile, had a mailing address on Lennon Court in Slidell, according to records.

Note: Since it was first published, this post has been updated with information from an affidavit related to Thompson's arrest as well as property records.